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Radio 4 Extra,29 Dec 2019,70 mins
Last Christmas (Omnibus)
Available for 7 days
Greg Wise and Emma Thompson curate a collection of personal essays reflecting on the true meaning of Christmas. The ten selected writers reading their reminiscences of Christmas past include: * Meera Syal * Lyse Doucet * Emma Thompson * Greg Wise * Deborah Frances-White Each writer draws on the themes of kindness, acceptance and tolerance and takes us from Queensland to Pennsylvania to the Black Country and beyond. More sobering memories come from the Jungle in Calais, a small village in Rwanda and London's inhospitable streets. Omnibus of five episodes abridged by Richard Hamilton Producer: Elizabeth Allard First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2019.
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